| Name: | BRITISH SCIENCE |
| Type: | Tanker |
| Launched: | 21/10/1930 |
| Completed: | 01/1931 |
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 1003 |
| Dimensions: | 11082dwt, 7138grt, 4172nrt, 441.2 x 59.7 x 33.0ft |
| Engines: | Oil engine, 2SCSA, 4cyl (23.5 x 91.25ins), 687nhp, 2250bhp |
| Engines by: | William Doxford & Sons Ltd, Sunderland |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 162532 |
| History: | |
| 23/01/1931 | British Tanker Co Ltd, London |
| 18/04/1941 | Sank |
| Comments: | 18/04/1941: Torpedoed & sunk by German aircraft 50 miles NE of Cape Spanda, Crete |
| On a voyage from Haifa to Piraeus with a cargo of benzine, kerosene & gas oil |
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